ill-treat

Example Sentences

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In these quotations, to vanquish foes and destroy enemies does not mean to ill-treat others in any way, or even to seek victory over them in a traditional sense.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2019

They did not plunder or ill-treat the people, but they cared nothing for town life or for agricultural pursuits, and as they passed onward they left the country bare.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Yet you are but a child, knowing neither good nor evil, and all they can say against you is that you are the child of your parents; that is why they ill-treat you!

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

If he were to ill-treat her, or at some future time were to regret having married into our family, my wife and I would be inconsolable.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

My mistress, Dame Adelaide, a lady of the Queen's chamber, will know how to punish you if you ill-treat me.

From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène